http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/2/6/1/4/31444162-31444167-slarge.jpgMuse, “Knights of Cydonia” [The Integrals Remix] The integrals bring out the disco at the center of Muse’s soaring art rock, turning “Knights” into a bleak and gritty electro stomper. Radiohead, “Videotape” [Xaphoon's Dubstep Remix] The loveliest song on In Rainbows gets even lovelier, thanks to a tripping backbeat and weird washes of synth. Pixies, “Where Is My Mind?” [Bassnectar Remix] Bassnectar reconfigures the Pixies’ dizzying original, bringing Black’s sneer even further to the fore and brightening the backdrop with ...

Photo by George Dubose The Band: Junius The Buzz: Breathtaking Boston metal band pulls off a perfect hybrid of Neurosis and the Smiths, striking a stunning balance of brutality and beauty. Their latest album, The Martyrdrom of a Catastrophist, is a concept record about catastrophe theorist Immanuel Velikovsky, exploring his insistence on a chaotic universe. Its songs are spellbinding and heartbreaking, gripping from the first note to the last. A hard rock dream come ...

Neil Diamond, “The Chanukah Song Song” [Adam Sandler Cover] We’re still reeling from the fact that we just typed the words “Adam Sandler Cover,” but here you go. And you know what else? Dude kind of rocks it out (it’s produced by current Guns n’ Roses guitarist DJ Ashba!). The video is bizarrely literal but, uh, this is Neil Diamond covering Adam Sandler. Happy Holidays. Passion Pit, “Moths Wings” [Eric Solomon Remix] Solomon takes the ball and runs ...

The Band: Ringers The Buzz: Certifiable proof punk is far from dead, this Boston band that sprung from the ashes of the band Sirens (they have a thing for one-word plurals apparently) give hope to anyone who loves ragged, hook-laden music delivered with a throat that sounds like it’s been floor-sanded for six years. Listen If: You still have your beat-up leather jacket from when you were 15, even if it doesn’t fit quite the way it ...

Photo: Legato/FilmMagic Fugazi, Stage Banter [Stage Banter] So, let’s be clear about something: Single Minded loves Fugazi. Loves. And hearing this stage banter — charming, confrontational, aggressive, passionate — just reminds us of all the reasons why. Clare & the Reasons, “That’s All” [Genesis Cover] This rules: Brooklyn chamber-pop crew Clare & the Reasons give “That’s All” the “Tusk” treatment, tricking it out with tubas and making it sound slinky and sinister. The Bravery, “White Winter Hymnal” [Fleet Foxes ...

Photo by Claus Peuckert The Band: Oh No Ono The Buzz: Here’s something suitably wintry: Danish band Oh No Ono make music that sounds like falling snow and bright white lights against a blackened sky — soft and twinkling and delicate. And fear not, the name is not a dis — the group actually met Yoko at a festival in the UK and they got on famously. Eggs, the group’s second full length, will be released ...

Photo: Shearer/WireImage Lady Gaga vs. David Bowie, “Let’s Just Dance” [Mashup] DJ Terry Urban treats mashups like Cage treats composition, dropping just a micro-fragment of Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” behind Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” — to startling effect. This also marks the first occasion for either artist where subtlety has served as an asset. Kids in the Hall vs. Grizzly Bear, “Leisure Man” [New Track/Mashup] Well, Grizzly Bear’s entré into hip-hop is officially complete; first Jay-Z shows up at ...

The Band: Tempo No Tempo The Buzz: A nervy, worked-up band from San Francisco, Tempo No Tempo have been kicking around for nearly four years now, getting steadily better while remaining stubbornly under the radar. Their latest EP should change all that: blending hurtling dance rhythms with jabbing, elbowing post-punk guitars, the group takes a literal approach to the notion of “panic at the disco.” Listen If: Dancing stresses you out a little, and you want your ...

Photo: Boyd/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Snoop Dogg feat. Alicia Keys, “Snoop State of Mind” [Jay-Z Cover/Rework] If someone had suggested, 15 or so years ago, the possibility of Snoop singing a song extolling the virtues of the East Coast, that individual would have been either ridiculed or pummeled. It would be like suggesting the possibility of ODB recording an anti-drug PSA. ODB, “Say No” [Unreleased] Oh, snap. JJ, “Baby” [Lorentz & M. Sakarias Cover] What happens when an ethereal Swedish pop band ...

The Band: Bang Bang Eche The Buzz: New Zealand outfit fronted by one T’Nealle Worsley makes raw, riotous, ice-cold synth rock sharp enough to cut stale bread. Listen If: You’re a DJ at a German nightclub looking for new tracks to power a long night. Key Track: The raucous “4 to the Floor,” which is whipped around by a hyperactive guitar and Worsley’s stern vocal recitation. The Band: Pants Yell The Buzz: Boston art school grads apply their acumen to ...